I’m torn. I was very excited to share this dish with you, but simply couldn’t settle on how to tell you about it. Should I explain how it’s a super inexpensive dish to make with only three (3!) ingredients. Or should I lament about the power of using a few good flavors instead of a […]
Category: ethnic
italian apple cake
When I grow up I want to be an Italian grandmother. Short, a little stout, apron permanently affixed. My days will be filled with putzing around in the kitchen making an obscene number of delicious goodies for family and friends while mumbling in incoherent Italian. And naturally, this will all take place in a beautiful […]
bacon turnovers and football
This recipe had me at bacon. The past few weeks, the interwebz have been flooded with recipes that are “perfect for the Super Bowl”. But it’s still the same old wings and dip, year after year. Come on world. INSPIRE ME. Then I stumbled on a recipe for Spekis Piragi, a buttery Latvian turnover filled […]
spaetzle with gruyere and bacon
I have been wanting to make spaetzle at home for a very long time. Years, in fact, of which there is simply no excuse. In 2003, my aunt and I spent 24 lovely hours in Vienna, Austria and we ate spaetzle at a nearby pub…TWICE. It was just soooooo good. Tender dumplings were tossed with […]